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L ib r a r y UnVwraJtv Oregon Wreck Takes Life Of Brad Marsh Meet Your Local Candidates Thia week concludes an for three years. He is a mem A one-car accident just introduction of candidates ber of the Lions Club, chap north of the Rogue River seeking city offices, three of lain for the VFW and senior Bridge last Wednesday night them for council positions warden in the Masonic Lodge. resulted in the death of one and one for recorder/munici- man, according to Oregon As a council member, pal judge. State Police. Conn said he would work to Robert D. Nagle. 69. is wards encouraging new bus Jon Bradley Marsh. 24, of asking to be elected to the iness and industrial payrolls Port Orford, died at Curry recorder position, but he could in the city. “ After living General Hospital following the wind up being elected to a here for three years, 1 feel I accident, police said. |>osition that will be abolish* should be a part of and take Marsh’s car was north ed at the same instant his part in the government of the bound on Highway 101 when it term of office would start. failed to complete a curve, city,” he told the News. That possibility exists be ran into the gravel on the All candidates indicated cause city voters will be favoring the new city charter. shoulder of the road and rolled I • ■ H calling shots on a new city three times, throwing Marsh charter as well as city candi from the car, according to RUSSELL CONN m axine M c F arland ROBERT NAGLE dates. The present charter reports. Marsh was alone in AILEEN SMITH For Council ROBERT K WAGNER For Council For Recorder the vehicle at the time. includes the elective office For Council For Council of recorder and that's what Memorial services were . Nagle is running under. But held Monday, Oct. 18, at if voters approve the new char St. Christopher's Episcopal - h Church in Port Orford. Cre ter, the elective office is auto mation followed matically eliminated . . . and Mr. Marsh was bom July 2, becomes two separate* ap- 1952, in Myrtle Point and pointive positions. Then it graduated from Pacific High will fall on the mayor, with School in 1970. He had served council approval, to select a with the U.S. Army for three recorder and a judge —if they so decide. years and had also attended Clinics will be held this the University of Oregon. Nagle is a retired U.S. Air Friday, Oct. 22, from 9:30 Voi 19. No. 27. Thursday, October 21, 1976 Price: 16 cents Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon 97465 Survivors include his par Force Inspector General for a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to provide ents, Mr. and Mrs. Blaine flight safety and has lived swine flue immunization for Marsh of Port Orford; two in the city for eleven months. senior citizens persons over brothers, Nick and Joseph, A member of the Port Orford 60 years of age, announced Port Orford; two sisters, Rotary Club, he also belongs Vic Woods of the Curry Tracey and Sue, Port Orford: to the American Radio Relay County Health Department. League. grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. The clinics will be held in N.B. Marsh, Port Orford; and The candidate says he has the health department offices a grandmother, Bernice Saleh no special interests or pro in Brookings, Gold Beach and of Hespiria. Calif. grams to promote “ In fact.” Port Orford. The Port Orford The family suggests memor he says, "the position vacancy office is located on 9th and ial donations to the scholar was mentioned to my wife and Washington Streets. she was urged to run. She, The port boat hoist was put though,” the president said, ship fund in Port Orford. The immunization will be however, said I would make a a bi-valent vaccine which con back in operation Tuesday "that the port commission is better candidate so 1 threw my tains both A/New Jersey after being shut down since concerned with the safety of hat in the ring.’* last Thursday morning while all port operations and would (swine flu | and A/Victoria Incumbent council member viruses. The Victoria virus emergency repairs were made have responded to a request Kent Wagner, 43. a resident is the influenza that was pre to replace a “ cap” supporting that the hoist be inspected. the main mast. of the city for 10 years but a valent last winter. The commission has no desire The state headquarters for native of the area, says he is Port president Paul Peter to endanger either life, limb Patients with serious health the Jimmy Carter presidential concerned with seeking a firm problems, such as heart, son said the faulty cap, a or property.” campaign announced last tax base that does not fluctu lung or kidney diseases, are 14x14 inch timber, was dis Several local fishermen re week the appointment of the ate through inflation, along encouraged to discuss the in covered by an inspection by sponded to the closure prob Carter/Mondale campaign with an expansion of street, A! Cooper. Safety Compliance lem and volunteered their fluenza immunization with committee for Curry county. water and sewer systems. Officer, Accident Prevention services to get the hoist back their private physician, Woods The co-chairperson for the ■*T> Wagner, a self-employed said Woods added that the Division, Workmen’s Com in operation. The commission Curry County Carter Commit rri” commercial fisherman, holds health department had dis pensation Board, and George expressed their appreciation life-time membership in the tributed the vaccine through Hageman, P E ., Safety En for the effort, noting that tee is Rose Kennedy. Ms. VFW and Pacific Booster out the county to the private gineer for the Compensation both down time and expense Kennedy is a long time Demo crat, active in party functions. Club. He is also a past mem- physicians Board. The safety men were were kept at a minimum be Rose Kennedy is chairperson ber of the Junior Chamber here in response to an anony cause of the effort. There is no charge for the of the Curry County Demo of Commerce. mous phone call from a local In other business Monday, cratic Central Committee influenza immunization pro Constance A. Smith, 66, is source recently complaining it was agreed to support an vided by the county health The co-chairperson and her seeking a second term on the that the hoist might be unsafe. extension of the commercial department but they will committee will be conducting council. She is a real estate It is believed the call was salmon fishing season off the ask for a SI.00 voluntary an intensive door-to-door voter broker and has lived in Port prompted because of recent mouth of the Elk River and to donation to help offset the cost Orford for the past six years. action by the port commission pay bills in the amount of contact and get-out-the-vote of the program. campaign. Anyone interested She is secretary of the to increase the length and $7.986.89. " v 11 ■' ,h- * * « ..............• * in volunteering with the chamber of commerce and a weight limits of commercial New leases for the cannery Carter/Mondale campaign representative of that organ fishing boats than can use the building and fish buying sta should contact Rose Kennedy ization for the Battle Rock hoist. There was some feeling tions were also discussed. at 247-6306. Retirement Club, and a mem that the hoist was not capable classes i„ marine biology a. Arcata and the U nV crsiu « 7 M omeie»“ S h e i ‘"‘'"b“ " " " " V ber of the Curry Board of of handling any more weight. asked to do some illustrations for a / i m . I o u « ..„I f. k She was subsequently The Curry County Council Realtors. During the course of the Total development of all on Alcoholism will hold its inspection, however, it was city services to all residents October council meeting in determined that the hoist is a goal she would like to Brookings on Thursday, Oct was rated to lift 50 tons, work for. as well as sidewalks 28, at the Cork and Cleaver. four times the weight limit along both sides of Highway It will be a noon no-host set by the c o m m i s s i o n . 101 the entire length of the luncheon. The speaker will "That's the safety ratio we b , i . ™ . E „ ......... t „ „ „ J ,^ 7 7 ™ ; LCDC's citizen involvement "Well, not you, but others be Rev. John Hawthorne, Jr., city. prefer to work on .” Hageman program is so full of confusing along the coast,” Anderson of the Lighthouse Assembly of said. A former social worker and devices, deliberate misrepre said. lieauty shop manager in Cali God Church in Harbor, who When it was discovered sentations and double talk Fitzgerald said he was run that the supporting cap was citizens can't get involved in fornia, Maxine McFarland. «1. recently attended the South is now owner of her own ern Oregon Alcohol Institute broken, Peterson ordered the it, Curry county commissioner ning for Curry county com lieauty salon here, Maxine's at Southern Oregon State Col hoist closed after allowing a candidate Mike Fitzgerald told missioner and if elected LCDC would be well advised to hang Fountain of Charm She has lege in Ashland in August on time for boats anchored in the the LCDC here October 12. The American Association ant way than a yes or no vote on to its hat as far as Curry scholarship from the Curry been a resident for two years harbor to be placed on their of University Women held a on LCDC." Elk River rancher Brice county is concerned. and belongs to the ESA County Council on Alcohol trailers as a safety measure Take your instrument out local candidate forum Monday Wagner said he agreed with ism. "Even if LCDC isn't voted Sorority, chamber of com of the closet and dust it off! in case of a sudden storm. Fitzgerald, who made his out November 2 you have my evening. Get 18. at the house Anyone interested in the merce and Community Cooper told the commission charges in the question and Have you been meaning to Council and its activities is of Mrs. Lou Giottonini on Theatre. it was that positive action that answer segment of the first words that we’ll be organized take that "horn” out but not DeVoe Road. On hand were enough to take you to task for In seeking a position on the cordially invited to attend known where to start? Come kept him from putting a red LCDC citizen invoivement all this baloney,” Fitzgerald all the candidates for Curry council. Mrs. McFarland told WINS CONTEST review fingerings and music tag on the equipment. The meeting to be held so far in said. county commission: For po the News that “ in order that a fundamentals on Monday. tag would have meant an of Curry county. Belva McDonald, Lecturer sition no. 2, Dave Wilken, "Citizens in Curry county city like Port Orford can pros of the Sixes Grange, won third October 25 and Monday, Nov. ficial closure by the state. But Earlier in the day. LCDC have already involved them Rose Kennedy and Mike Fitz Pacific High School will host even with port cooperation in per, everyone must be willing prize in the State Lecturers gerald: for position no. 3, Les a visitation by representatives 1. We have reeds and oil and the shut down. Cooper said, representatives went over selves in the planning pro to do their part, and I am skit writing contest. fingering charts. If you need Wagner's Elk River ranch Williams and Walt Thompson. from the Oregon State Sys it might still mean a fine that property with Wagner. LCDC cess. We wrote a comprehen willing to accept the respon Rose Kennedy |l)|, reaf tem of Higher Education on an instrument we can probably sive county plan in 1972 and it could go as high as $1,000. sibility of helping to govern SALEM AS CENTER representative Jim Rose said is a good one. Any inter firmed her interest in review Monday. November 1, at 10:30 find one for you. Call 347-2785 In addition to the broken they had learned some useful our wonderful little city.” or 332-4651. A world map in the new ing public assistance pro a.m. vention by the state is unnec cap, it was also determined things on Wagner's ranch, She added that she has no Atlas of Oregon places Salem grams. She said she felt that Christmas is just around essary and restrictive,” Walt Unique throughout the specific programs in mind at as the map center of the a woman would better eval the corner, along with our that a couple lengths of and that Wagner had nothing Thompson told the LCDC rep this time but would remain world. On it, Oregon’s state uate these programs as to the United States is a visitation Christmas concert. The Band chain and cable needed to be to fear from LCDC. Both Mr. resentative. bv representatives of the Ore open to suggestions replaced and cable clamps capital is halfway between necessities involved. Thompson, candidate for gon State System of Higher meets every Monday evening added to conform to state and Mrs. Wagner said they A self-employed carpenter, Washington, D.C. and Hono didn't believe it. Mike Fitzgerald (R), stress Education to every high from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at Pacific Curry county commissioner safety specifications. Russell Conn, 64, has been a lulu or between the Isthmus Fitzgerald, referring to a position three, said he attend ed that as a public relations school in the state. The team High School in the band room. contractor for the past 28 of Tehuantepec and the Ber At the conclusion of the 20-page LCDC pamphlet, ed the meeting because he man with long political ex impresses upon secondary years and a resident of the city ing Strait. state inspection, the commis showed how one statement wanted to see how citizens perience, he knows how the students the need for some sion called in a structural was cancelled by another and were actually being involved federal and state bureaucra type* of education or training engineer, Gregg Schroeder, how the document defines in the LCDC process. cies work. Fitzgerald worked beyond high school. from Winzler & Kelly, Eureka, regulations as goals. in public relations for the Thompson said the citizen 1 he visitation supplements who was on the scene Friday Ross admitted that the Nixon campaigns in ’68 and the guidance program of Pa The Powers Ranger District morning to prepare plans for choice of wording was un involvement procedure was ’72. an exhaustive review of LCDC! cific High School by giving of the Siskiyou National For reconstructing the supporting Dave Wilken (I), detailed students first-hand infor est has announced that the piling and cap system. It was fortunate. LCDC commission background followed by a er Dorothy Anderson said it script-accompanied slide show his program for restrained mation about course offerings, Myrtle Grove and Butler Bar decided to drive two additional growth in Curry county. “ The admission requirements, campgrounds have closed for piling to provide three cap was the fault of the Oregon featuring photos of sand state legislature, which had dunes, coastal erosion, dune attitude 1 would take to the housing, costs to attend, fi the winter season as of Octo Recent scientific findings are revolutionizing supports, and add consider insisted on the wording. buggies and infra-red views of commissioners' office,” he nancial aids and scholarships ber 18, 1976. This closure our concept of the origins of the oceans and the able more bracing to tie-in "Then you should go back Oregon from an altitude of declared, “ is concern for the and other information perti continents. Don Stensland, professor of Geology is made necessary to reduce piling to increase lateral sup to the legislature and get the 512 miles, followed by a ques rights of those already here, nent to planning for college maintenance costs and pre and Oceanography at SWOCC will be at the Port port for the stem. false wording corrected,” tion and answer period. rather than catering to de experience. Orford Library tonight, Thursday. Oct. 21, at 8 p.m vent injury and damage to Schroeder will return for an When LCDC commissioner velopers and speculators.” Parents are invited to attend campers by limbs falling inspection of the project be Fitzgerald said. to discuss some of the new theories being generated When Fitzgerald asked if Dorothy Anderson pointed out Though growth seems in the visitation and art* urged to during winter storms. by scientists investigating the ocean floor. fore its completion, then certi the language of Senate Bill that under LCDC planning will evitable. he said, county discuss post-high school plans Exploration of the Sea. A New World Picture, Myrtle Grove campground fy a new weight limit for the 100 specifically empowered be done at the local level government must be the med with their sons and daughters is located approximatley 9 'i total system. is the fourth in a series of lectures in Oceans Our an appointed body to develop under state control to make iator between the rights of the before and after the confer Continuing Frontier. Anyone who is interested in miles south of Powers on road At the port meeting Monday the kind of program they sure the work gets completed, individual property owners ence. attending just one or a few of these lectures is wel No. 333 and Butler Bar camp night, Peterson remarked and the people's desire to Members of the press are ground is located approxi that, despite the anonymous were about, both Ross and Thompson replied the state come. There is a charge of SI .00 per lecture for those Anderson heatedly replied should find a way to help the prevent Curry county from de invited to attend not registered for the course. This week, because of mately 21 miles east of the method of “turning in” the they were doing just what the lagging counties without generating to the extent of the extensive new material Professor Stensland has junction of US101 and the Elk port commission, the commis law said they should. penalizing Curry county or southern California. HOMESTEAD CLAIMS River road No. 325. to present, the lecture will run a little longer than the sion was glad the incident "And I'm getting tired of other areas where planning “ In electing their commis usual hour. According to the Atlas of Corrective action is plan occured because it disclosed you soaking up all this mis has moved well. sioners this fall," Wilken Oregon, homestead claims in ned to remedy the situation Next week: Science and Ancient Sea Stories by a serious fault in the hoisting information about LCDC,” added, "the voters will have Oregon, which peaked from and the campgrounds will be Ron Lilienthal. system that might eventually Anderson said to Fitzgerald a chance to decide for them 1911 to 1920, practically reopened for the 1977 camping have resulted in an accident. ‘ W'hat misinformation do I selves in a far more import ceased in the state after 1945. season. “ It should be understood, have?” Fitzgerald asked. Swine Flu Shots Due On Friday Port Hoist Down To Make Repairs Kennedy Is Carter Aide z £ Alcohol Group Meets Thursday LCDC Involvement Program Sa id Full Of Double Talk Slow Growth Is Advocated Community Band Needs Members Group Slates Pacific Visit Exploring The Ocean’s Floor Two Forest Camps Close I